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Former University of Louisville basketball player Robbie Valentine talks with Khalen Hadley (4) during a free Sports Leadership Camp for youth at the at South Louisville Community Center in Louisville, Kentucky, December 27, 2014. John Sommers II/Special to the CJ

Former University of Louisville basketball player Robbie Valentine talks with kids during a free Sports Leadership Camp for youth at the at South Louisville Community Center in Louisville, Kentucky, December 27, 2014. John Sommers II/Special to the CJ

Former University of Louisville basketball player Robbie Valentine runs kids through basketball drills during a free Sports Leadership Camp for youth at the at South Louisville Community Center in Louisville, Kentucky, December 27, 2014. John Sommers II/Special to the CJ

Former University of Louisville basketball player Robbie Valentine runs kids through basketball drills during a free Sports Leadership Camp for youth at the at South Louisville Community Center in Louisville, Kentucky, December 27, 2014. John Sommers II/Special to the CJ

Former University of Louisville basketball player Robbie Valentine talks with Khalen Hadley (4) during a free Sports Leadership Camp for youth at the at South Louisville Community Center in Louisville, Kentucky, December 27, 2014. John Sommers II/Special to the CJ

Former University of Louisville basketball player Robbie Valentine talks with kids during a free Sports Leadership Camp for youth at the at South Louisville Community Center in Louisville, Kentucky, December 27, 2014. John Sommers II/Special to the CJ

Former University of Louisville basketball player Robbie Valentine talks with kids during a free Sports Leadership Camp for youth at the at South Louisville Community Center in Louisville, Kentucky, December 27, 2014. John Sommers II/Special to the CJ

Former University of Louisville basketball player Robbie Valentine runs kids through basketball drills during a free Sports Leadership Camp for youth at the at South Louisville Community Center in Louisville, Kentucky, December 27, 2014. John Sommers II/Special to the CJ

Former University of Louisville basketball player Robbie Valentine high five a UK fan as he talks with kids during a free Sports Leadership Camp for youth at the at South Louisville Community Center in Louisville, Kentucky, December 27, 2014. John Sommers II/Special to the CJ

Former University of Louisville basketball player Robbie Valentine runs kids through basketball drills during a free Sports Leadership Camp for youth at the at South Louisville Community Center in Louisville, Kentucky, December 27, 2014. John Sommers II/Special to the CJ

Former University of Louisville basketball player Robbie Valentine talks with kids during a free Sports Leadership Camp for youth at the at South Louisville Community Center in Louisville, Kentucky, December 27, 2014. John Sommers II/Special to the CJ

Former University of Louisville basketball player Robbie Valentine talks with kids during a free Sports Leadership Camp for youth at the at South Louisville Community Center in Louisville, Kentucky, December 27, 2014. John Sommers II/Special to the CJ

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Robbie Valentine, member of the UofL Cardinals’ 1986 championship team, high-fives a UK fan as he talks with kids during a free Sports Leadership Camp for youth at the at South Louisville Community Center in Louisville.(Photo: John Sommers II/Special to the CJ)Buy Photo

More then 100 kids showed up at the South Louisville Community Center on Taylor Boulevard for a free sports camp hosted by former University of Louisville basketball player Robbie Valentine, Louisville Metro Parks and Recreation and Pure Path Capital.

Monday was the first of a two-part, free camp camp for kids, ages 8 to 16, where Valentine and others work with the youths on basketball fundamentals, teamwork and individual responsibility.

"My camps are about education for life and sports," Valentine said. "I want campers to have fun, but most important it's about education and teaching about things that are going on today."

Valentine was a guard and forward for the U of L basketball team that won the NCAA National Championship in 1986 and the team that reached the NCAA Final Four in 1983.

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Robbie Valentine, former member of 1986 Cardinals’ team, runs kids through basketball drills during a free Sports Leadership Camp for youth at the at South Louisville Community Center in Louisville.(Photo: John Sommers II/Special to the CJ)